In my nearly 40 years of clinical practice, I have frequently encountered people whose blood sugar levels fluctuate wildly. A husband of a diabetic patient once told me that his wife often experienced hypoglycemia after taking blood sugar suppression drugs and insulin injections at night, causing him great anxiety and sleeplessness. In fact, to stabilize blood sugar, medication and injections alone are not enough; daily lifestyle adjustments are even more important.
Foods for Stabilizing Blood Sugar
For those whose blood sugar does not drop after meals, I highly recommend eating yams.1. Yams
A friend of mine who is also a doctor shared the following case with me. One of his friends had high blood sugar during a health check, and he recommended that he eat steamed yams every day. His friend followed suit by eating 1.3 to 4 ounces of yams daily without taking any hypoglycemic drugs. Shortly after, his blood sugar returned to the normal range.Some people may wonder why yams, a starchy food, can lower blood sugar. The secret lies in some secretion from the slimy surface of yams, which slows down the release of sugar in the intestines. Traditional medicine and modern-day research both show that yams have many health benefits, including lowering blood sugar, blood lipids, and blood pressure.
